m II wrote:

Peter Maus wrote:


Nice to see you, Peter. How's the BMW?



Which one?



Life is goodg





Could suck worse.


Still riding the '90 K-LT, sold most everything else about 5
months ago, and picked up a '72 R60/5. Needs some attention, but
then so do I.



I was thinking of the 750/5 (or was it/2?). I've been toying with an an
idea of a hybrid using a VW motor. I just picked up a four speed
transmission on eBay to go with the assorted bits and pieces I already
have. An adapter plate would have to be made once I get the VW
crankcases and crankshaft together.


That's a whole lot of fabricating going on.



Something along the lines of:

http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/BMW-VW/

1600 cc should give lots of torque.



Have you ridden the Rocket III by Triumph? 2300cc's, 6
cylinders. You wanna talk about torque? And smooth as barber shaved
glass. Faster and quieter than my BMW. It's not a light bike, but
handles like a bike half it's weight. I got one from Marty in South
Heights for an afternoon. Damn! I had a Ferrari that didn't pull
that hard.

But a VW 1600 seems like more weight than you'd need in a frame
that small. Although the low C/M would make for more nimble handling
than you'd expect, stopping would be a bit of a challenge.



But the mandatory newsgroup question would have to be, what kind
of radio you going to put on it?

I pulled the factory radio on mine, last year, and dropped my
Becker Mexico in the hole. Light preamp for the whip and I was
listening to shortwave on the road.

The factory radio is back in the hole,though. I'm using the
Becker in my mini van.